[extropy-chat] Re: Most Outrageous Anti-Biotech Statements

[Damien Broderick]

> Damien (Broderick) - or someone - what is the most collectable, flagrant
> anti-progress statement you've seen quoted?

Well, just in the last hour or so... :)

< The earth's immune system, so to speak, has recognized the presence of the
human species and is starting to kick in. The earth is attempting to rid
itself of an infection by the human parasite.

Richard Preston, 1994 >

Cited in http://www.dieoff.com/page224.htm :

< The theory is defined by the ratio of world energy production (use) and
world population. The details are worked out. The theory is easy. It states
that the life expectancy of Industrial Civilization is less than or equal to
100 years: 1930-2030. >

(Thanks to Mark Plus for fwd-ing)

Damien Broderick